C&SOrange Flavored Nuggets 27 Ounces, 6 Pack

I purchased these to give my birds a variety to choose from. I put this out a month ago and they barely eat this. Mind you, I do have 4 other foods for them to choose from & this one’s getting very little attention. They highly prefer the black oil seeds, than this. Now I use this to feed the squirrels and they seem to like it. I purchased the 6 pack, which this should last me a year or two at this rate.

The media could not be loaded.  So for the last few years I have really gotten into backyard birding and that hobby involved having lots of different bird feeders and trying lots of different seed and food varieties for the birds. I have tried striped sunflower, safflower, nyjer seed, mixed bird seed, black oil sunflower, etc., etc. I quickly learned that black oil sunflower was about the best you could get for your money. . . lots of birds like it, and it is reasonable priced. However after a couple of years I started changing my mind just because of all the mess from shells and seeds sprouting under my feeder. Soon suet became my feed of choice. It is pretty cheap, doesn't sprout or make near the mess that seed did. . . and even though it did not attract as many birds as sunflower, the birds it attracted were the ones I enjoy the most (woodpeckers, chickadees, titmouse, etc.). I fed the square suet in the hanging cage and started to miss having a the look of a feeder in my yard (vs. a hanging square cage). I came across this item in a Home Depot. . . one bag of peanut flavored was just under $4. What originally attracted me to it was that it was suet that could be feed in a regular feeder. I bought a bag and tried it out, and was hooked. No shells, no sprouting, lasts a long time without spoiling or going bad, will not melt (I am in South Texas which gets very hot), can be feed in a regular feeder, and the birds love it. I saw this value pack of orange flavored on Amazon and couldn't pass it up. It is a little more expensive per bag than what I pay at Home Depot. . . but I am willing to pay more for the orange flavor (which I have never seen at Home Depot). The birds in my yard seem to prefer the orange suet over anything else (peanut is a close 2nd). This is all I feed now. If I want to change it up, I will throw a hand full of sunflower seed in with it, but mostly I just feed these nuggets straight. The other other thing I like is that the birds don't just camp out and eat like they do with sunflower. . . they usually stop by. . . grab a nuggets and move on (see attached video). Well worth a try, I highly recommend it and hope my review helped a little.

UPDATE 8/15/13 - I changed from 3 Stars to 5 Stars.It took the nuthatches and smaller woodpeckers (which I did not intend to feed, but I can't stop them) about 4 (four) weeks to start eating these suet nuggets. Once these birds found the nuggets, these birds won't stop eating the nuggets.My intended bird to feed was/is the Eastern Bluebird. However, it took my bluebirds nearly 4 (four) months (yes, months!) to find these suet nuggets. I am not sure how many nuggets the bluebirds are eating because I mix these nuggets with dried meal worms. The bluebirds eat the dried meal worms all day long, but I do not see them eating much of the suet nuggets.I have to replenish the nuggets in the feeder daily. So yes, the birds do like these meal worms, especially the nuthatches and small woodpeckers. It just took the birds a long time to find the nuggets. Maybe the birds had to get used to a new feeder ... ???********************************************************************************************************I don't know where these are made - imported?It is hard for me to rate these suet nuggets because I can't get any bird to eat them.I gave it 3 stars because the suet is fresh, well packaged, smells good and is the perfect size for small birds. I would give it 5 stars if the birds would eat it.I have the suet in the blue bird feeder that I bought on Amazon (Droll Yankees X1 Seed Saver Domed Feeder). Now, are the birds not eating the nuggets because the suet is awful or because the suet nuggets are in a poorly designed feeder?I put the feeder under a tree where the bluebirds perch and left it in this location for 3-4 weeks, but the birds never ate anything. The birds began nesting, so I moved the feeder under a different tree where the male bluebird perches. The feeder has been in this location for another 3-4 weeks and still no feeding.I put fresh suet nuggets in the feeder tray after each rainstorm, but this does not help either. Do I have dumb or finicky birds?I bought six bags of this stuff so I could get free shipping and then I found this same exact brand and flavor in W-Mart for dollars less per bag. I should have bought one bag at W-Mart and saved myself $25-.I am disappointed that my birds will not eat this and I wish I knew why.

I have to pace putting these out - the birds (and squirrels, and chipmunks, and possibly opossums) love them. I'm glad I went with the larger supply - that cut the cost down compared to buying them locally.

Great price and birds love this product

Many birds enjoy it. Still trying to keep the squirrels 🐿️ from getting more than their fair share 🤔!

A birder friend recommended this and I am so glad she did. The birds (and sometimes the squirrels!) go nuts over it. Only downside is I have to fill the feeder much more often than with regular seed.

Our birds, particularly the woodpeckers, simply love this product. We can't always find it in the stores so having a regular shipment (subscribe and save) is a blessing, for us and the birds.